Melanie McFarland has her finger on the pulse of the television remote. The networks, the premium channels, the great shows you love and the asinine shows the rest of America watches … she knows what's on. If you have a question, e-mail her at tvgal@seattlepi.com.

Generally speaking, I am not an envious person. Really. That probably sounds strange coming from a chick who is occasionally forced to hobnob with the rich and famous, often looking far shabbier than they do.
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It took everything in my power not to spoil everything about last night’s “Heroes.” Seriously. I got the episode about two weeks ago (thanky, NBC!) and at the end, I leapt off my couch and launched into the Balki Bartokomous Dance of Joy.
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Kids, if you take nothing else away from this well of boob tubery, remember this: Once a counterculture movement gets coverage in the mainstream press, consider it to be dead and mouldering in the grave.
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As Wednesday began, the third day of covering the Virginia Tech massacre, touching portraits of the 32 men and women gunned down by 23-year-old student Cho Seung-Hui slowly began to emerge.
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While I stand by the central idea of my column, that Larry King really needs to hang it up already, allow me to give the man credit in one respect: At least he and CNN aren’t letting the celebration of his career get in the way of covering breaking news.
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You watch “The Tudors” for the history, and read Penthouse for the articles. According to various industry reports, some 870,000 people ogled the premiere of “The Tudors” (Showtime execs added in the numbers for the encore, making it around 1.2 million), which stands as another piece of evidence of how far fancy dresses, bare boobs and creamy white thighs will carry a cheesy period drama. (That idea has gotten Cinemax this far, so why not?) Showtime was so impressed by its ratings, in fact, that it has already renewed it for a second season after two episodes aired.
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Harry Dresden, do that voodoo you do so well. A couple of weeks ago the buzz on “Painkiller Jane” made it seem like the new hotness. Having seen it, I can tell you that exuberance was more than a touch irrational.
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